Like Americans overall, Catholics vary in their abortion views, with regular Mass attenders most opposed
About three-quarters of U.S. Catholics (76%) say abortion should be illegal in some cases but legal in others.
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About three-quarters of U.S. Catholics (76%) say abortion should be illegal in some cases but legal in others.
Here are key findings from our research on the relationship between religion and government in the U.S. and Americans’ views on the issue.
Most U.S. adults do not believe that requests for religious exemptions from the COVID-19 vaccine are sincere.
Many Americans who are highly religious and identify with certain Christian traditions express discomfort with human enhancement.
America’s religious groups are deeply divided about Joe Biden’s performance so far, just as they were about Donald Trump throughout his term.
Weekly Mass-goers and Catholic Republicans express higher levels of disapproval of the pope’s new restrictions.
In the U.S., highly religious adults are much more skeptical about the possibility of extraterrestrial life than those who are less religious.
63% of U.S adults have a “very” or “mostly” favorable opinion of Pope Francis, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in March.
Roughly two-thirds of atheists (65%) and six-in-ten agnostics (57%) either “strongly” or “somewhat” oppose the death penalty.
Among White Americans, worship service attendance remains highly correlated with presidential vote choice.
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